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Sadie Hellen with Blue-headed Vireo |
Blue-headed Vireo | Tufted Titmouse | Tufted Titmouse |
| Photos by Tom Walker, December 11, 2010 | |||
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| Fox Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Chipping Sparrow |
| Photos by Tom Walker, December 11, 2010 | ||
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Saturday, December 11, 2010: Dr. Jim Ingold, ornithologist at LSU-Shreveport, led the bird-banding activities. Other participants and visitors included Tom Walker of Jefferson; Cynthia Hellen and her daughter Sadie of Longview; Ron & Carolyn Bova of Quitman; Richard Pruitt of Dallas; Paul Tidwell of Jefferson; Beth Honea and her son, Nat of DeBerry; Karen Morris and daughter Katherine of Jefferson.
Weather Conditions: The morning low temperature was about 56º F and the afternoon high was about 68º F. The morning was heavily cloudy with wind from the southwest, and at noon a cold front pushed through and the wind switch from the northwest. By late afternoon the sky was clear.
Time:
We started setting up nets at 9:30 a.m. and all nets were closed by 5:00 p.m.
Next Banding Date: Our next bird banding date will be
BANDING SUMMARY: (10 species) New Retrap Total
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) 1 0 1 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1 0 1 Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 0 1 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1 2 3 Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 2 4 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) 2 0 2 Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1 0 1 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 2 0 2 White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 8 3 11 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 30 4 34 _________________________________________________________________________ Totals 48 12 60 |
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HISTORY OF RETRAPS (5 species; 12 individuals): Band number followed by original banding date in parentheses. |
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1961-03348 (12-26-2006) 03-03-2007, 01-19-2008
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2380-19734 (11-20-2010) 2380-????? Number as written down was wrong
Chipping Sparrow 2540-46493 (12-26-2009) 2540-46499 (01-23-2010)
White-throated Sparrow 2251-95232 (12-26-2010) 2251-95257 (04-02-2010) 2251-95269 (04-17-2010)
Northern Cardinal 1621-17080 (11-20-2010) 1621-17083 (11-20-2010) 1621-17086 (11-20-2010) |
| Birds that were seen or heard (including banded species): 22 Species Observed ~ Walker Farm, Marion County, Texas |
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Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Carolina Chickadee |
Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Chipping Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal American Goldfinch
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